[Item #50246] A Defence of the Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel Used in the United States, and also in Europe. Containing a correspondence with a committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; their report, and remarks thereon; and animadversions on the manner in which the trust confided to the Academy by Count Rumford has been managed. TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY.

A Defence of the Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel Used in the United States, and also in Europe. Containing a correspondence with a committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; their report, and remarks thereon; and animadversions on the manner in which the trust confided to the Academy by Count Rumford has been managed

Philadelphia / London: Judah Dobson / John Miller, 1828. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 51pp.; illus. in text. Some foxing to textblock, small damp spot at top fore-edge corner of first few leaves, else Very Good and sound. First edition for a British readership. Missed by Sabin.

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